10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «BIBACIOUS»
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A General Critical Grammar of the Inglish Language; on a ...
BANANA, bananas, and bii-nilnfi, s. Plantain. BECAFICO, bek-a-fY-co, s. A
figpecker. Walker sounds the i in this word as long e,- but this foreign
pronunciation should be discountenanced where not fully establisht. BIBACIOUS,
bi-bisH-yiis, ...
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A general critical grammar of the Inglish language, on a ...
Banana, ba-nan'-a, and ba-na'- na, s. Plantain. Becafico, bSk.a-fi'-co, s. A fig-
pecker. Walker sounds the i in this word as long e; but this foreign pronunciation
should be discountenanced where not fully establisht. Bibacious, bl-bash'-yus,
adj.
Samuel Oliver (jun.),
1825
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Having Fun with Words of Wit and Wisdom: In 3,401 Quotations ...
at poor Edgar Allan Poe Bibacious – Inclined to be bibulous, a devotee of the
demon rum, here seen from two points of view: “What does drunkenness not
accomplish? It unlocks secrets, confirms our hopes, urges the indolent into battle
[see ...
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Cf. prostatomegaly, q.v. See genitourinary. bibacious (bī-bay'shəss) adj. overly
fond of drinking. [< L bibere to drink]. See drink, food. bibliobibuli (bib”li-ō-bib'yə-
lee) n.pl. (n.s. bibliobibulus) persons who read voraciously to the extent of ...
James L. Reynolds, MD,
2014
... a sign of superhuman sanctity in those winey days, — but that glorious Marc
Antony of bibacious fame, who gloried in the public display of his intoxication,
and wrote a book, it is said, in praise of it. There was, doubtless, in the
apprehension ...
Charles Dickens, William Harrison Ainsworth, Albert Smith,
1843
We suspect that the reviewer had been a little too bibacious himself when he
wrote this ; and had made so free with the fask as to put the pedantitious fluids
into a -rate of fermentation. Monthly Mao. No. -115. main evil exists for the
consumer ...
Monthly literary register,
1823
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A general critical grammar of the Inglish language: on a ...
The rule to which he alludes is; " When i ends an initial syllable without the
accent, and the succeeding syllable begins with a consonant, the i is generally
slender." By slender Walker means long. Good usage makes the i short in
bibacious.
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addicted to drink: drinking habitually addled: drunk; confused by drink after-hours
: designating establishment serving alcohol after normal bar hours beery:
affected by beer besotted: stupefied by drink bibacious: addicted to alcohol;
bibulous ...
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Bacchus: An Essay on the Nature, Causes, Effects, and Cure ...
It is to be feared, that many weak-minded persons take a pleasure in the holding
of feasts, wherein their own bibacious importance has been conspicuous ; and
where exhibitions of their peculiar talent in that way can be conveniently made.
Ralph Barnes Grindrod, Charles Alfred Lee,
1840
A goatherd is next discovered, and the author takes occasion to be immoderately
witty in describing the process of making him drunk. A dram-bottle is always a
sure card, an irresistible stroke of humour, in this bibacious country. By the tipsy ...
John Scott, John Taylor,
1825
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Letting down the élites.
... above the stage like garish, improbable stars in the firmament to the bibacious characters and a farcically elaborate seduction plot. But the ... «The Fortnightly Review, Sep 13»